Boulder’s classical theatre company will stage works by Shakespeare, Mary Chase, T.S. Eliot and Tom Stoppard at the Dairy Arts Center
Boulder’s Upstart Crow Theatre Company has announced its 46th season, a four-play lineup the company is calling “Thoughtful Comedy for Troubling Times; Or: Is It Real if You Think It’s Real?”
The season features plays that explore identity, belonging, reputation, fate and the nature of reality in ways that will make audiences smile and laugh out loud, according to the company. All four productions will be staged in the Carsen Theater at the Dairy Arts Center.
The season opens Aug. 27-Sept. 6, 2026, with William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Jeremy Elman. As friends hatch a playful scheme to bring the sparring Benedick and Beatrice together, a darker plot reveals how easily a young woman’s reputation can be ruined. The production traces the courage it takes to fall in love as characters move from deflection to vulnerability.
Mary Chase’s Harvey follows Dec. 3-13, 2026, directed by Maggie Wingate. The classic comedy follows the eccentric Elwood P. Dowd and his adventures with an invisible, six-foot-tall rabbit — mythical being or delusion? — in a story that examines how bias clouds judgment.
In the spring, Madge Montgomery directs T.S. Eliot’s The Confidential Clerk, running March 18-28, 2027. A rare comedy from the famed poet, the play leads audiences into a labyrinth of mistaken identity, misplaced babies and polite English absurdity, where everyone is respectable enough to make the chaos entertaining.
The season closes May 6-23, 2027, with Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, directed by Brandon Bruce. The Upstart Crow describes the Stoppard classic as a profound and hilarious meditation on existential dread, the baffling nature of language and the crushing weight of waiting.
More information is available at the Upstart Crow Theatre Company website.
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